Prudhvi Gandamalla

Director of Participation Programs, Risk & Data
Started at PCMI – 2014

BORN
Hyderabad, India

FAVORITE HOBBY
DIY crafts

FAVORITE FOOD
Biryani

PET
Dogs – Batman & Robin

FAVORITE MOVIE
A Night at the Roxbury

FAVORITE BAND
Red Hot Chili Peppers

FAVORITE SPORT
Football & basketball

FAVORITE TRIP
Zion National Park

Mark saw potential in me to truly make an impact on our company. He trusted me with building out our reinsurance module that now provides features no other platform offers.

Role at PCMI

Prudhvi Gandamalla is the Technical Lead for PCMI’s Business Intelligence team, placing her in charge of ensuring our BI solutions exceed our customers’ expectations and business needs. She is also the Product Owner and subject-matter expert of our PCRS Reinsurance Module where she guides the development of new features and functionality. She helped Mark build the module from scratch to include viewing individual sales performance for dealers, claims activity, earnings, financials, and accounting statements.

Career

She began her career working at Cognizant Technology Solutions as a Programmer Analyst performing quality assurance on user applications. Here she developed a fascination with code, and that curiosity pushed her to pursue a Master’s degree in IT. Her drive led her to start an internship with PCMI, where she utilized the progressive and fast-paced atmosphere to gain priceless industry experience. The dedication she showed during her internship eventually led Prudhvi to a position in leadership. Prudhvi now uses her past QA experience in her current role as a Developer to implement features, fix bugs, and write correct, high-quality code.

Education

Prudhvi graduated with a Master of Science in Information Technology and Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Certifications

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Microsoft Exam 70-761:
Querying Data with Transact-SQL

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Microsoft Exam 70-762:
Developing SQL Databases

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Microsoft Exam 70-767:
Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse

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ISTQB® Certified Tester:
Foundation Level

MCSA SQL 2016 Database Development certification badge

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA):
SQL 2016 Database Development

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Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
(MCSE):
Data Management and Analytics

Top Strengths

Prudhvi naturally makes things happen and works tirelessly to accomplish goals. Her CliftonStrengths leadership style is executing.

1

Responsibility

Commits to getting things done
2

Harmony

Seeks out consensus and agreement
3

Restorative

Discovers and resolves problems
4

Focus

Prioritizes and then acts
5

Learner

Always learning and improving